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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11504
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14622
13 Actual Demand 11219
14 Aggregate Planning 12246
15 Air Cargo 10091
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6666
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34881
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19315
20 Assembly Line 22457
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22990
22 Average Speed of Answer 26574
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23154
24 Batch Production 38412
25 Bill Discounting 14546
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11240
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7160
28 Blanket Release 10033
29 Bonded Warehouse 10076
30 Booking Number 13807
31 Bottleneck 9536
32 Buffer Stock 59300
33 Build to Stock 13033
34 Bullwhip Effect 9688
35 Business Logistics 25761
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12583
37 Capacity Management 40571
38 Capacity Utilization 14122
39 Capital Intensive 8424
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8758
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12147
42 Certified Supplier 8975
43 Channel Effectiveness 8941
44 Co-Destiny 9314
45 Co-managed Inventory 12575
46 Co-Packers 11790
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6890
48 Computer-Based Training 7700
49 Consular Invoice 19809
50 Container Depot 10621
51 Container Freight Station 10288
52 Continuous Replenishment 19578
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12092
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11429
56 Control Charts 7974
57 Cost Flow 10284
58 Courier Service 15254
59 CPFR 8236
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11816
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44191
62 Date Code 18254
63 Days of Supply 19854
64 Dead on Arrival 9338
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7320
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8122
67 Detective Control 8923
68 Devanning 14222
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10977
70 Dispatching 24540
71 Distributed Inventory 8369
72 Distribution Channel Management 34780
73 Distribution Metrics 9130
74 Distribution Planning 24214
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15231
76 Double Marginalization 52769
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22397
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20627
80 Echelon Inventory 26225
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38288
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49774
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25505
85 Engineer-to-Order 31769
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16544
87 Erlang B Formula 9359
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7845
90 Exception Rate 13507
91 Exponential smoothing 9840
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9530
94 Field Services 7749
95 Field Warehouse 10507
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14621
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27060
99 Flow Through Distribution 12325
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8191
101 FOB Destination 13047
102 Forward buying 30185
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11746
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29604
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23452
110 Idle Time 8079
 
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